GRE Word List
AMALGAM
a mixture of different elements
The meaning of the word amalgam is a mixture of different elements.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| jaunt | a usually short journey or excursion undertaken especially for pleasure |
| solicit | to make petition to : entreat |
| impotent | not potent : lacking in power, strength, or vigor : helpless |
| brittle | easily broken, cracked, or snapped |
| expurgate | to cleanse of something morally harmful, offensive, or erroneous |
| expenditure | the act or process of expending |
| mannered | having manners of a specified kind |
| vehement | marked by forceful energy : powerful |
| roue | a man devoted to a life of sensual pleasure : rake |
| awful | extremely disagreeable or objectionable |